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Danny Manning out as Wake Forest coach
Danny Manning, who had just one winning season in his six years as coach of the Wake Forest men’s basketball team, will not be back for a seventh season with the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest […]
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Hot, hot, hot! Manning tops list of NC college basketball coaches feeling the heat
The decision by Wake Forest to retain Danny Manning as its basketball coach last spring came as a surprise to some considering that the Deacons have posted losing records — including 11-20 a year ago […]
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Manning brings back familiar faces, hopes to get Deacons back to respectability
CHARLOTTE — One of the last things Ron Wellman did before retiring as Wake Forest’s athletic director last spring was announce the return of basketball coach Danny Manning for the 2019-20 season. It was a […]
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Clawson puts down roots at Wake Forest
If Dave Clawson wasn’t a football coach, he’d probably be one of those handymen who go around flipping houses on HGTV. That’s because he’s made a living out of taking over programs in disrepair, building […]
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John Currie takes the reins of Wake Forest athletics
RALEIGH — Wake Forest has had only two athletic directors over the past 55 years, a continuity that is unprecedented in the “what have you done for me lately” world of college sports. So when […]
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Wake Forest announces Manning will be back as coach next season
Wake Forest completed its fourth losing season in five years under coach Danny Manning — and its third with an 11-20 record — at the ACC Tournament last week. But apparently that was enough to […]
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20-loss season, early exit from ACC Tournament have Manning on the hot seat
CHARLOTTE — Wake Forest’s 2018-19 basketball season officially came to an end Tuesday with a 79-71 loss to Miami in the opening round of the ACC Tournament at Spectrum Arena. Now the question is, did […]
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Alumnus Currie ‘a perfect fit’ as new Wake Forest AD
On August 16, 1993, newly hired Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman called a promising young undergraduate into his office and offered him an internship. His name was John Currie. Monday afternoon, Wellman once again […]
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Wellman to retire as Wake Forest AD, Currie named as his successor
Wake Forest has announced that Ron Wellman, the longest tenured athletic director at any Division I school nationally, will retire after 27 years of leading the Deacons’ program. He will be succeeded by Wake Forest […]
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Wake Forest puts basketball assistant Jamill Jones on leave
Wake Forest assistant basketball coach Jamill Jones has been placed on leave by the school while authorities investigate details of an incident that left a man dead in New York earlier this week. Jones, […]